Friday, May 25th 2012

 
Tags (5) : Niger

Seif al-Islam ‘near Niger border’

Yacout Info | 10/26/2011 | News
Moamer Kadhafi’s son Seif al-Islam and his former intelligence chief, the two most wanted fugitives from the slain despot’s ousted regime, were poised Tuesday to cross the border into Niger, a Tuareg official said. The pair, wanted by the International Criminal Court, had been expected to seek...
Abdullah el Senussi, Benghazi, Mansur Daw, Moamer Kadhafi, Mohamed Bazoum, Niger, NTC, Saif al-Islam

Sahel : Mauritanian ‘kills’ Qaeda chief

Yacout Info | 10/22/2011 | News
Mauritanian forces killed a top official of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) during an air raid into Malian territory, a Mauritanian security source said Friday. “The dangerous criminal was in one of two cars destroyed by the air raid with other terrorists,” he added. “We formally identified...
AQIM Chief, Mali, Mauretania, Niger, Sahel

With Gadhafi on the run, focus turns to Sahara’s Tuareg

Yacout Info | 10/12/2011 | News
Stragglers on the march to modernity, swords at their sides, the nomadic Tuareg of West Africa, long a footnote in world affairs, may be about to take a more central role in counter-terrorism policy, thanks to the ouster of Libya’s former leader Moammar Gadhafi. Where the Tuareg once manned camel...
Burkino Fasso, Ghadafi, Libya, Niger, Tuareg

Libya’s Gaddafi said to be hiding near Algeria border

Yacout Info | 09/29/2011 | News
Muammar Gaddafi is believed to be hiding near the western town of Ghadamis near the Algerian border under the protection of Touareg tribesmen, a senior Libyan military official said. “One tribe, the Touareg, is still supporting him and he is believed to be in the Ghadamis area in the south,” Hisham...
Bani Walid, Gaddafi, Ghadames, Hisham Buhagiar, Libya, Niger, NTC, Seif Al Islam, Sirte

Morocco, Niger Promoting Economic Cooperation & Bilateral Ties

Yacout Info | 07/26/2010 | News
Morocco and Niger voiced their will to promote their bilateral ties in different fields during a meeting between Moroccan Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi and his Nigerian peer Mahamadou Danda, reports Global Arab Network citing MAP. Morocco and Niger voiced their will to promote their bilateral ties...
Abbas El Fassi, Mahamadou Danda, Morocco, Niger